Etymologies

Examples

Clark smiled almost imperceptibly, that is his face expressed an inward amusement because a number of tiny lines wrinkled into being at the corners of his gray eyes, and his lips pushed out ever so slightly.

But if only the youngest cohort in society changes and then persists in that new direction throughout their own life cycle, society as a whole changes inexorably but almost imperceptibly, like a massive supertanker changing course.

Daylight's muscles tautened a second time, and this time in earnest, until steadily all the energy of his splendid body was applied, and quite imperceptibly, without jerk or strain, the bulky nine hundred pounds rose from the door and swung back and forth, pendulum like, between his legs.